Before we started this project of a deck
patio near a swimming pool, there was a sloping garden that had no
function - other than being difficult to mow!
The resulting deck around the swimming
pool area allowed for extensive use of an otherwise redundant bit of
garden.
Before we started
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The finished job
Just the staircase to install - once the rather dodgy Mulberry Tree is felled!!
How We Did It
End of Day 1 March 21st 2006.
Day 2 Mar 22nd
Most of the sub-deck completed and concreted, so a little bit of decking also
done!
Day 3 - 23rd March - Joisting and extensive posting for balustrades nearly
done, together with a good section of decking. A beautiful sunny day at last -
Yippee!!
Fri 25th Mar - Day 4. What a difference a day makes. Yesterday = beautiful
sunshine; today rain, cloud and mud!!
Joisting cut out and shaped for step to pool area.
And this is what it will look like from the pool side.
Mon 27th - Day 5
WET WET WET - Got soaked!!!
Tue 28th day 6 - very windy - and cold - but DRY!
Wed 29th - day 7. Dry but windy and cold. All decking done and
much of the balustrading underway.
Thurs 30th March - Day 8. Very windy, cold and
some sharp showers!
Day 9 Friday March 31st. west, cold, windy - no
glimpse of sun. What a spring!!
OK - It's the 'staircase to be' - not
a diving board for the pool! (Below)
The Guv'nor in his spring/summer gear! The brightest
the sky has been all day!
